migraine & the medicinal power of Lego

Greetings all,

Many of you woke up fresh yesterday & commenced the 2011 school year. Me, i woke up with a migraine & 2 more weeks of school holidays. I get about a dozen migraines a year, they wipe me out for a couple of days. Have to say, my children are excellent when i'm down, even when they were babies they sensed i was ill & they were especially quiet, but i was prepared & I pulled this ace out of my hat.  Surprise Lego!!

 A local toy shop had 30% off Lego so i stocked up.

 My boy trying to cheer me up.

 My 3rd daughter got a box of family style Lego, cute puppy.

 Daughter 2 got a sea plane, with all sorts of things to open & spin.

 The big Atlantis box had this whole under sea space ship thing.

 I think the Legoman in the middle has gone crazy.

 How cute are the flippers??

 After slaying aliens, they had a cup of coffee (FYI my eldest daughter built this with my son & staged these little scenes, then took the photos over 2 hours, while i dozed off on the lounge!!)

Oh no, an escaped alien . . . she looks angry!!  Yep, i got a haircut today . . . dragged myself through the shower & into a bra, i figured if i felt ill & couldn't cook or sew, i could sit in a chair & have someone pamper me & cut my hair.  Also bought the children sushi for lunch, no sandwich duty today.  Yet another 'no appointment necessary' scenario for you . . . walked in at 11a.m., "we can't see you now, but you can have an appointment at 1p.m."  I said "could i have one later say 3p.m." & let's just say the words "no you can't make an appointment" came out of her mouth 5 more times!! 

My husband called from Brisbane between hair salon events to see how i was feeling & begged to pay for me to get a real hair cut at a real salon with real service from a real appointment, no, i'm determined for them to get it right!! 
So this is what i got for my $26, a hair dresser who told me she smoked through her pregnancies "but i had big babies, so it didn't harm them" & a new look fringe.  It is straight, i've had ice on that side of my head all day.  Look at my colouring, could i look more drained or headachey??  'tis me, i'm real, some days this is as good as it gets.  Love Posie

what exactly is 'no appointment necessary' hmmmm??

Greetings all,

Not normally one to be huffy . . . but i went to the hairdresser today, enough said - i hear you, HUFFY!!  I use the no-appointments-necessary-kind of hairdresser.  I have thick straight colour free hair, it's hard to cut badly.  My tactic over a decade of stay at home mothering has been to arrive as they open, so i get the first haircut de jour, in & out, very handy if/ when i had up to 4 children with me. 
Today my husband took the children to school & had a dentist appointment, perfect, i'll get a haircut while he's out.  So i rocked up at 10a.m. & i was swiftly informed that i could have my hair cut at 11.15a.m.  I said "oh, i thought you opened at 10 & i'd be first".  Ok, upon looking around, the salon was full, my bad, but . . . the receptionist did the over dramatic head swivel to emphasis e v e r y  c h a i r & e v e r y  h a i r d r e s s e r was busy & then eye balled me with a breathy statement of "we open at 9, always have".  Lies i tell you!! 
So a combination of my not keeping up to date with opening hours, maybe it's Christmas trading, who knows, who cares, i went back at 11a.m. for my 11.15a.m. no appointment necessary APPOINTMENT nonetheless.  You guessed it, she hadn't written my name down (emphasised by her huffing "Jennie, no, no, no, no Jennie on the list") so i was made to feel like i was abusing the no-appointment-necessary slogan plastered all over the salon window, by indeed, not making an appointment.  I remained pleasant, i mean, they were about to take scissors to my hair!!

In between all of this, my husband had arrived home from the dentist & was surprised to find me back home so early too.  He very nervously asked "did you get your haircut, looks nice??" as he remembered to 'notice'.  Then added the helpful comment of "i don't know why you go to that hairdresser" but i simply don't care enough about my hair to pay $200 & thanks to the Army, we move state/ territory every 2 years so i can't form an attachment/ bond/ dependency with a hairdresser as it will only end in tears when we leave.

So i woke up looking like this . . . quite literally, how tired do i look??!!

I'm just about to hop in the shower & i look like this, quite literally, wrapped in a towel!!

I know, i'm as suprised as you are how unphotogenic i am!!

But wait, there's more . . . i said to Dany - the gay Korean hairdresser assigned to me, to do something short & fun.  He removed my glasses (why do i always forget to wear contact lenses in these situations, i can't see anything without my glasses??) & i said "sure, try a fringe" . . . at first i thought i might be channelling Joan Holloway from Mad Men, then as Dany played around teasing my hair & flattening it, it went a little more like Peggy Olsen . . . then my shock as i regained focus with my glasses, Dany had cut my hair JUST LIKE HIS!! 

I got the giggles, seriously, i walked off to the bakery laughing thinking, i'm a 35y.o. mother with a boy band hair do.  I told the baker & she said it looked nice.  Ok, brave enough to return home to my husband, again, he actually likes it, so i'll keep it this way for Summer.  FYI my husband things boys in boy bands look like girls anyway!!

Happy haircuts everyone, i know Retro Mummy is off on Saturday to the salon, she loves her hairdresser & gets a great do.  It's that time of year - check out my son's new trim.  I had put off his haircut for weeks, so last night i just said to my husband "shave it off, it's Summer, it makes swimming easier, it will grow back" & he did. 

maybe he'll grow up to look like Jensen Ackles

 More personal grooming on Thursday when i get a facial & my eye brows done, wish me luck!!  I made an appointment for that!!  Love Posie